Ma Chao was extremely brave, but he still had hatred in his heart. He was the enemy of the country, and now he had Wang Shuang's blood debt, which he must get back from Xia Houyuan.
The shadow of his spear was vague, his wrist was trembling, and the Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear was like a tongue of fire. It was difficult to cover Xia Houyuan when he was killing him.
Xia Houyuan lost his sword and had to fight with the saber in his hand. The steel blade was hit by Ma Chao with his spear, and many curling blades appeared on it, and his arm was numb from the shock.
"It seems that Ma Chao has defeated me today..." Xia Houyuan faced the battle and noticed that he was surrounded. However, Zhang Xiu and Ma Chao's subordinates no longer looked down upon him, but rushed towards Cao Xiu like a flood.
, Deng Bai, Wen Ji, Xu Shu and others killed them, but the Wei army suddenly suffered an unprovoked attack and suffered heavy losses for a while.
"Fight with me, and you still have time to look around? It seems I haven't put enough pressure on you. I'll take your head within ten rounds!" Ma Chao said angrily when he saw Xia Houyuan's absent-minded state.
Xia Houyuan felt miserable in his heart. Ma Chao was like a tiger. Although he was also a tiger, he was injured. It was miserable to meet Ma Chao, a hungry tiger. He couldn't eat Ma Chao, but Ma Chao couldn't eat him.
I can eat him.
"You can't win with force. I don't have any weapons at my disposal, so it's hard for me to show my strength..." Xia Houyuan suddenly shouted.
Ma Chao said angrily: "You are responsible for Wang Shuang's death. There are so many rules on the battlefield. All you have to do is kill the enemy. Xiahou Miaocai, today is your day of death."
As he spoke, Ma Chao increased his speed and strength, and swung his spear in the direction. Xia Houyuan did not dare to resist anymore and could only dodge.
Over there, there was a silver snake gun shot by Zhang Xiu. The Northland Spear King had never used a gun in five years. At this time, he once again used the silver snake gun that Ma Chao had rewarded, and immediately killed him with overwhelming force.
Entering the Wei army's camp, the generals behind Zhang Xiu were all brave, and the 10,000 soldiers were like tigers and wolves.
Cao Xiu led the Wei army to resist Zhang Xiu vigorously, and he also fought against Zhang Xiu with a spear. When he met Zhang Xiu, he immediately shouted sharply and asked: "Your Majesty treats you well, why do you want to rebel against me, the Wei Dynasty?"
Zhang Xiu sneered and said, "If it weren't for Suo Xu's persuasion, I wouldn't be willing to surrender. A good minister chooses his master, and I also follow the laws of nature. If you surrender on the spot, I can keep you safe!"
"Bah! You are a traitor who only seeks glory. I, Cao Wenlie, am loyal to Your Majesty. How can I betray Your Majesty?" Cao Xiu cursed loudly.
Zhang Xiu didn't even reply, and sneered. The Silver Snake Spear suddenly changed, and the most important shot in the Hundred Birds Chao Phoenix Spear, "Hundred Birds Chao Phoenix", stabbed Cao Xiu directly.
I saw the shadows of the spears stacked one on top of another, and with the sound of breaking through the air, they stabbed towards Cao Xiu as densely as raindrops.
Cao Xiu was shocked. Although he raised his spear, he couldn't tell which one was real and which one was illusory. When he was hesitating, he saw a cold light flash past in front of him, and Zhang Xiu's silver snake spear stabbed him directly.
He stabbed his throat and shot him through the throat, making him unable to scream. He was directly picked off the horse by Zhang Xiu.
"General Cao!" Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji all shouted out when they saw this.
However, rocks were rolling on both sides and arrows were still falling continuously, which made the Wei army officers and soldiers a little overwhelmed. In just a short period of time, the death toll exceeded a thousand.
The Wei army was blocked in the central mountain road. The soldiers of the Chinese army began to throw lit explosives into the center of the crowd. Huge explosions exploded around the Wei army. An explosive package exploded, and more than ten Wei army officers and soldiers were blown away.
.The explosives kept falling, making the Wei army officers and soldiers frightened.
At this time, Ma Chao shot Xia Houyuan off his horse, rode his horse forward, and stabbed Xia Houyuan with a shot. The dark red Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear directly penetrated Xia Houyuan's head, killing Xia Houyuan immediately. Ma Chao swung
He cut off Xia Houyuan's head with a knife, carried it high with a Dihuo Xuanlu spear, leaped onto the hillside on his horse, and shouted loudly: "Xia Houyuan has died in the battle. If you surrender, you can avoid death!"
Deng Bai, Wen Ji, Xu Shu and many other generals saw it, and felt a burst of sadness and anger in their hearts. However, facing the joint attack of the Huaxia Army and Zhang Xiu, they could not resist it. The explosions continued, cutting the Wei army in half, and the rear army lost
They lost command and fell into panic. Many people began to drop their weapons and surrender.
Zhang Xiu took the lead and fought his way out of the middle of the Wei army. He led the cavalry behind him to fight a bloody road. Deng Bai and Wen Ji couldn't resist, and Zhang Xiu used a gun to knock them off their horses. They were captured one after another. Xu Shu raised his sword to resist, and even more
The weapon in his hand was knocked away by Zhang Xiu's shot. Before Xu Shu could react, Zhang Xiu's long arm
With one stretch, Xu Shu was directly caught under his arm. Qu Yan, He Luan, Jiang Shi and others all broke into the Wei army, beheading the partial generals and the supporting generals. In a short time, the generals of the Wei army died, and the captured ones were killed.
They were captured, and were wounded by the offensive of Ma Chao and others. The last group of people surrendered.
As soon as the battle ended, Sima Yi came over with his army. Seeing Zhang Xiu, Ma Chao had already taken control of the situation. He rode his horse to Ma Chao's side and asked: "General Ma, did the Wei army slip through the net?"
The fish?”
Ma Chao said: "The entire Wei army is here, with more than 8,000 dead and wounded. The remaining 20,000 people all surrendered because they were afraid of our army."
When Sima Yi saw Xia Houyuan's head stuck on Ma Chao's gun, he knew that the battle was won. At this time, Ma Chao introduced Zhang Xiu to Sima Yi. They met each other twice and exchanged a few words. Only then did Sima Yi know the conspiracy between Zhang Xiu and Ma Chao.
, I couldn’t help praising Ma Chao for his wisdom and courage.
Ma Chao was not humble, so he had Deng Bai, Wen Ji, Xu Shu and other prisoners brought up. He sat down on a rock and forced them to kneel down before him. Then he called for the swordsman and axe-hand.
Then he was ready to start beheading these old troops of Xia Houyuan.
Seeing this, Sima Yi hurriedly dissuaded him: "General Ma, Xia Houyuan, and Cao Xiu are dead. If these people intend to surrender to our Chinese army, wouldn't they come in handy? Please keep them under the sword!"
"Bah! I would rather die than surrender!" Xu Shu said unyieldingly.
"Lord Sima, you heard it all. It's not that I won't let them live, it's that they are not willing to surrender at all. Especially this Xu Shu, who should be killed the most!" Ma Chao pointed at Xu Shu and said.
When Sima Yi saw Xu Shu for the first time, he immediately took a look and saw that Xu Shu was indeed a strong-willed man, so he said: "How about this, let me kill Xu Shu, how about it?"
"Yes, Sir Sima, please excuse me." Ma Chao nodded.
Sima Yi looked at Deng Bai and Wen Ji and said, "Leave these two to me. General Ma killed Xia Houyuan, which is already a great achievement. I came all the way here, and it's not easy. Anyway,
Are you going to take a few heads back with you?"
Ma Chao was already in high spirits at this time, and he didn't know that the Qiang people were defeated by Sima Yi in one battle, so he said: "As Sir Sima does, Xia Houyuan's head is far more than theirs."
Sima Yi smiled and said, "Thank you so much, General Ma."
After saying that, he asked the people behind him to take away Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji. When he arrived safely in his army, he said to Ma Chao: "General Ma, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you, Cheriji
and others have all been buried in Jicheng. Now Jicheng has become a ruin. Now Liangzhou has basically been pacified. It is time to report to General Taishi, who will then write a victory report to the emperor together. You see
how?"
Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and now he regretted handing over Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji to Sima Yi, because the Qiang people had done a great job, far more than killing Xia Houyuan. Although he didn't know what strategy Sima Yi used to kill him.
There were so many Qiang people, but he firmly believed in Sima Yi's words.
He did not answer, but frowned, looking at the prisoners below the hillside and the results of his bloody battles these days. The combined credit seemed not as great as Sima Yi's credit for taking down hundreds of thousands of Qiang people overnight.
Sima Yi saw Ma Chao's thoughts and said with a smile: "General Ma gave me a big gift. He handed Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji to me. I also want to give General Ma a big gift. The battle in Jicheng.
I have sent someone to inform General Taishi about the death of all 140,000 Qiang people in the name of General Ma..."
"Lord Sima, what do you mean? It's obviously your fault, why should you give it to me?" Ma Chao asked in confusion.
"Oh, I also act according to the imperial decree. This is the emperor's wish."
"What does the Emperor mean?"
"Yes, the emperor has always felt that he has treated General Ma too badly, so..."
"It turns out that the emperor has been thinking about me, I..." Ma Chao was deeply moved, with a trace of sobs in his voice, and tears gradually filled his eyes.
Sima Yi hurriedly said: "General Ma, I have temporarily moved the county and city of Liangzhou to Shanggui. Xiangwu is the emperor's hometown. This city will definitely prosper in the future. General Ma can temporarily return to Xiangwu to garrison. I don't know who the general is."
mean?"
"That's it. Then I will return to Xiangwu immediately, but the food and grass needed by the army still need to be transported by someone, and there is not much food left."
"Don't worry about this, I will definitely send someone to transport it."
Sima Yi took his leave first and left with Xu Shu, Deng Bai and Wen Ji.
After walking for about ten miles, Sima Yi stopped the army, brought Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji over, and asked: "I rescued you from Ma Chao's hands, and you have escaped death. Are you willing to surrender?"
My country of China?"
"I would rather die than surrender!" Xu Shu said still neither humble nor arrogant.
"What a pity. I have heard of Xu Yuanzhi's name a long time ago. I have followed Cao Cao for some years, but he has always been in a position of neither superior nor inferior. Now that Cao Cao is gone, doesn't Brother Yuanzhi understand the principle of good ministers choosing their masters?"
"A loyal minister will not harm the two masters!" Xu Shu said.